Friday, September 13, 2013

The Federal Government has reacted to the news that they ordered 53 gold
gold-plated iPhone 5S for N682million. The report went viral after the
CEO of Gold and Co., UK, Amjad Ali, told UK newspaper, The Independent,
that our government ordered these phones from his firm as part of the memorabilia for the nation’s
53rd Independence anniversary on October 1, 2013. Jonathan's government has denied this and issued a statement. Find it below...

We consider the reports in a
section of the media claiming that the Nigerian government had ordered customized
gold iPhones from a Dubai-based company to mark the country’s 53rd
independence anniversary in October not only false and misleading, but utterly
mischievous.

It is instructive that despite
the refutation of the story by the company, which ought to have laid the
mischief to rest, a number of politically-minded news media continue to insist
on promoting the blatant falsehood. We deplore their antics as yet another
attempt to use any trick or means possible to discredit President Jonathan’s
well-meaning, hardworking and focused administration.

The
company, Gold and Co., has since explained that what was written on
Independent was different from what the CEO actually said. They
explained that the phones were not ordered by the government but by a
Nigerian who asked them to put the crest of the Nigerian govt on the
back.